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Book Popular Government

Download or read book Popular Government written by William Howard Taft and published by New Haven : Yale University Press. This book was released on 1913 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Promise and Perils of Populism

Download or read book The Promise and Perils of Populism written by Carlos de la Torre and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square to the Tea Party in the United States to the campaign to elect indigenous leader Evo Morales in Bolivia, modern populist movements command international attention and compel political and social change. When citizens demand "power to the people," they evoke corrupt politicians, imperialists, or oligarchies that have appropriated power from its legitimate owners. These stereotypical narratives belie the vague and often contradictory definitions of the concept of "the people" and the many motives of those who use populism as a political tool. In The Promise and Perils of Populism, Carlos de la Torre assembles a group of international scholars to explore the ambiguous meanings and profound implications of grassroots movements across the globe. These trenchant essays explore how fragile political institutions allow populists to achieve power, while strong institutions confine them to the margins of political systems. Their comparative case studies illuminate how Latin American, African, and Thai populists have sought to empower marginalized groups of people, while similar groups in Australia, Europe, and the United States often exclude people whom they consider to possess different cultural values. While analyzing insurrections in Latin America, advocacy groups in the United States, Europe, and Australia, and populist parties in Asia and Africa, the contributors also pose questions and agendas for further research. This volume on contemporary populism from a comparative perspective could not be more timely, and scholars from a variety of disciplines will find it an invaluable contribution to the literature.

Book Current Religious Perils

Download or read book Current Religious Perils written by Cook and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Savage Perils

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patrick B. Sharp
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2012-09-05
  • ISBN : 0806182423
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book Savage Perils written by Patrick B. Sharp and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisiting the racial origins of the conflict between “civilization” and “savagery” in twentieth-century America The atomic age brought the Bomb and spawned stories of nuclear apocalypse to remind us of impending doom. As Patrick Sharp reveals, those stories had their origins well before Hiroshima, reaching back to Charles Darwin and America’s frontier. In Savage Perils, Sharp examines the racial underpinnings of American culture, from the early industrial age to the Cold War. He explores the influence of Darwinism, frontier nostalgia, and literary modernism on the history and representations of nuclear weaponry. Taking into account such factors as anthropological race theory and Asian immigration, he charts the origins of a worldview that continues to shape our culture and politics. Sharp dissects Darwin’s arguments regarding the struggle between “civilization” and “savagery,” theories that fueled future-war stories ending in Anglo dominance in Britain and influenced Turnerian visions of the frontier in America. Citing George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil,” Sharp argues that many Americans still believe in the racially charged opposition between civilization and savagery, and consider the possibility of nonwhite “savages” gaining control of technology the biggest threat in the “war on terror.” His insightful book shows us that this conflict is but the latest installment in an ongoing saga that has been at the heart of American identity from the beginning—and that understanding it is essential if we are to eradicate racist mythologies from American life.

Book THE NEW AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA  A Popular Dictionary OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Download or read book THE NEW AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA A Popular Dictionary OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Perils of the Night

Download or read book Perils of the Night written by Eugenia C. DeLamotte and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DeLamotte's book begins from the premise that the major conventions of the Gothic romance involve boundaries or barriers, which the Gothicist uses to play simultaneously on the fear of separateness and the fear of unity with some alien Other. She explores this question in the works of English and American writers, including Henry James, Mary Shelley, Herman Melville, Hawthorne, Emily Bronte, and Charlotte Bronte.

Book The Perils of the Nation

Download or read book The Perils of the Nation written by Robert Benton Seeley and published by London : Seeley, Burnside and Seeley. This book was released on 1843 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Yellow Perils

    Book Details:
  • Author : Franck Billé
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2018-07-31
  • ISBN : 0824876016
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Yellow Perils written by Franck Billé and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s meteoric rise and ever expanding economic and cultural footprint have been accompanied by widespread global disquiet. Whether admiring or alarmist, media discourse and representations of China often tap into the myths and prejudices that emerged through specific historical encounters. These deeply embedded anxieties have shown great resilience, as in recent media treatments of SARS and the H5N1 virus, which echoed past beliefs connecting China and disease. Popular perceptions of Asia, too, continue to be framed by entrenched racial stereotypes: its people are unfathomable, exploitative, cunning, or excessively hardworking. This interdisciplinary collection of original essays offers a broad view of the mechanics that underlie Yellow Peril discourse by looking at its cultural deployment and repercussions worldwide. Building on the richly detailed historical studies already published in the context of the United States and Europe, contributors to Yellow Perils confront the phenomenon in Italy, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, Mongolia, Hong Kong, and China itself. With chapters based on archival material and interviews, the collection supplements and often challenges superficial journalistic accounts and top-down studies by economists and political scientists. Yellow Peril narratives, contributors find, constitute cultural vectors of multiple kinds of anxieties, spanning the cultural, racial, political, and economic. Indeed, the emergence of the term “Yellow Peril” in such disparate contexts cannot be assumed to be singular, to refer to the same fears, or to revolve around the same stereotypes. The discourse, even when used in reference to a single country like China, is therefore inherently fractured and multiple. The term “Yellow Peril” may feel unpalatable and dated today, but the ethnographic, geographic, and historical breadth of this collection—experiences of Chinese migration and diaspora, historical reflections on the discourse of the Yellow Peril in China, and contemporary analyses of the global reverberations of China’s economic rise—offers a unique overview of the ways in which anti-Chinese narratives continue to play out in today’s world. This timely and provocative book will appeal to Chinese and Asian Studies scholars, but will also be highly relevant to historians and anthropologists working on diasporic communities and on ethnic formations both within and beyond Asia. Contributors: Christos Lynteris David Walker Kevin Carrico Magnus Fiskesjö Romain Dittgen Ross Anthony Xiaojian Zhao Yu Qiu

Book The Perils of Partnership

Download or read book The Perils of Partnership written by Jonathan H. Marks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countless public health agencies are trying to solve our most intractable public health problems -- among them, the obesity and opioid epidemics -- by partnering with corporations responsible for creating or exacerbating those problems. We are told industry must be part of the solution. But is it time to challenge the partnership paradigm and the popular narratives that sustain it? In The Perils of Partnership, Jonathan H. Marks argues that public-private partnerships and multi-stakeholder initiatives create "webs of influence" that undermine the integrity of public health agencies; distort public health research and policy; and reinforce the framing of public health problems and their solutions in ways that are least threatening to the commercial interests of corporate "partners". We should expect multinational corporations to develop strategies of influence -- but public bodies can and should develop counter-strategies to insulate themselves from corporate influence in all its forms. Marks reviews the norms that regulate public-public interactions (separation of powers) and private-private interactions (antitrust and competition law), and argues for an analogous set of norms to govern public-private interactions. He also offers a novel framework to help public bodies identify the systemic ethical implications of their current or proposed relationships with industry actors. Marks makes a compelling case that the default public-private interaction should be at arm's length: separation, not collaboration. He calls for a new paradigm that avoids the perils of corporate influence and more effectively protects and promotes public health. The Perils of Partnership is essential reading for public health officials and policymakers -- but anyone interested in public health will recognize the urgency of this book.

Book the american cyclopaedia a popular dictionary of general knowledge

Download or read book the american cyclopaedia a popular dictionary of general knowledge written by george ripley and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Perils of the nation

Download or read book The Perils of the nation written by Charlotte Elizabeth and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Twentieth Century

Download or read book The Twentieth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book India Banking and Finance Report 2021

Download or read book India Banking and Finance Report 2021 written by Ray, Partha and published by SAGE Publishing India. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India Banking and Finance Report 2021 presents a lucid yet rigorous discussion on the key facets of the Banking and Financial sector in India. Written primarily by the faculty of National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune, the report covers a wide spectrum of issues ranging from contemporary macro-financial perspectives against the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic to leadership concerns in Indian banks. The list of subjects included is topical, comprising corporate governance challenges, mergers and acquisitions, problems and prospects of the Bad Bank, latest risk management concepts and frontiers, sectoral studies, digital transformation and leadership paradigms. The report seeks to highlight the emerging challenges and opportunities in the banking and financial sector, glean important lessons from the past, and in some cases speculate on the way forward. It emphasizes on a blend of internal strategies, regulatory reforms and public policy initiatives. The report will stimulate enlightened dialogues on the theoretical, empirical and practical aspects of bank management in India.

Book Maternity and Child Welfare

Download or read book Maternity and Child Welfare written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Homiletic Review

Download or read book The Homiletic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Metropolitan Pulpit and Homiletic Monthly

Download or read book Metropolitan Pulpit and Homiletic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Preacher and Homiletic Monthly

Download or read book Preacher and Homiletic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: